COPERNICAN SYSTEM


Meaning of COPERNICAN SYSTEM in English

n. (also Copernican theory) Astron. the theory that the planets (including the earth) move round the sun (cf. Ptolemaic system).

Etymology: Copernicus latinized f. M. Kopernik, Polish astronomer d. 1543

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.